Win $1,000 on the Chrissy Weems Scholarship with Just a 500-Word Essay
Did you know that you can actually win $1,000 just by writing a 500-word essay?
Open to high school seniors already accepted in a college or university as well as college students who are not in their final year of study, the Chrissy Weems Scholarship provides $1,000 to a deserving student who plans to become an entrepreneur or small business owner in the future.
For a chance to win the coveted prize, simply write an essay with at least 500 words, answering the following question:
Share an adversity in your life that you have fought to overcome and what you have learned from it?
That isn’t so hard to answer, right? Post your essay and details at the Chrissy Weems Scholarship website. Winners will be picked in March 2019 but don’t wait too long before you submit your entries.
But why do you have to answer an essay about life to win the scholarship? That’s because Chrissy Weems is a mom who grew her business alongside her daughter.
On Rookstool Interviews, Chrissy Weems shared how she and her daughter Bella started Origami Owl Custom Jewelry in July 2010. The jewelry brand was something the two began for Bella to save up some money to buy a second-hand car when she was still 14 years old.
The plan was to save enough to buy the car when she turns 16 but the brand grew so fast that it would soon become a full-fledged business. Their customer base expanded from family and friends to friends and friends. Later, they would join bazaars and open a kiosk at the mall.
Finding success in the mall kiosk but also wanting to give the business a personalized touch, much like the jewelry they offer, Origami Owl shifted to the so-called ‘social selling’ model in January 2012.
In this business model, sellers host their own jewelry bar and can hold in-home jewelry parties at their convenient time. What makes this popular is that the customers get to participate in making their own pieces of jewelry – unlike when you just order one straight off the shelves.
Customers can have fun while customizing their jewelry or can order unique designs if they don’t have time to do it themselves.
Growing the business from scratch makes Chrissy Weems understand the needs of budding entrepreneurs; thus, she offered the scholarship to help out, as a way of ‘paying it forward’ to the people who helped when she and Bella were just starting out.
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